Free Orange, O2 and T-Mobile Sims

Kernow_Kid

Cinders2001 wrote:

Slasher, If I unlock it, what will happen to the T Mobile network connection I am currently with?
Will I have to re-register or something?
.....slightly scared to do anything in case I bodge things up!

You must make sure that all numbers and contact details are saved to your phone memory, otherwise if they are saved to the sim card, they won't be transferred.
They will still be saved on your sim, so you can always put the old sim back in.

Try this: Go to Phone Book, then Copy, From SIM card to phone, All.
This is on the Nokia 3310i, so it shouldn't be too different, and the phone memory should be much bigger than most sim cards anyway.

Try this website to unlock your phone, as far as I can tell it is FREE. Most will charge you £5 or make you call a premium rate phoneline at £1.50 min.

http://www.peters1.dk/webtools/nokia/nokiaonline.php?sprog=en

Hope this helps.:A

wokkies

my son has a contract deal from orange 25quid a month plus a tenner insurance and he went over his limit last month by 300 texts so it cost him 73quid, what happens if he doesent pay and puts another orange sim card in? will he still get charged 25quid a month and the tenner insurance??
ps please excuse typos, got really bad wrist and its agony to type but love my internet and typing, lol

boifwatkins

Would depend on the type of contract, but would imagion that he would be charged, did he get a free phone once he signed up???

womble32

The O2 deal has now finished.

looby75

a quick question about unlocking phones. My FIL needs a cheap basic mobile, his old Motorola has just died on him after 7 years faithful service. He wants to keep his number so and he's asked me to look for a new phone for him. I've noticed that all the Orange PAYG mobiles are around £20 more expensive than exactly the same model on different networks. I've found a basic Nokia 1110 on tesco mobile for less than £30 which would suit him down to the ground.

I've not had a lot of experience unlocking phones, so I'm not sure if the fact it 's locked to a network other than the big ones will cause problems unlocking it. Has anyone had any experiences unlocking phones from tesco mobile?

sjcou

hi looby
the phone is locked in its software only , so unlocking it from any network will not harm the phone in any way, just sets it to allow any sim to be used.

tesco mobile is just O2 rebadged,

looby75

fantastic, thanks for that I'll go ahead and order one for my FIL

blackadderbob

I received my first 2 today from T mobile. Expect the others will come in the next few days.

wmike_2

you can also get vodaphone sim cards gratis from vodaphone.co.uk/shop.

burgesst

Can anyone confirm:

That I can transfer my Pay Monthly number, from another network, to free sim payg?

Whether this has to be done in a certain period after receiving the sim?

If there are any catches later transferring the number again ?

Thanks!